Oh my, oh my! Wow and they are from listings!

Nauseated. That's how your link made me feel, so I had to stop looking.

That bathroom has GOT to be a guy thing, lol!

Anybody else think the first one posted here is photoshopped?

I kind of like the last one you posted.

Definitely each to their own on the majority.

The second one is definitely cute. I'd love to have to decorate around a kitchen like that. :)

I have never been in a house like any of those pictured! Even as a child, I remember everyone had homes that were straightened up, though not necessarily new furnishings, but people took care of their home. What's happened to people today? Is hoarding and being a slob(not to be confused with hoarding!)in a family's DNA? I'm very neat and tidy, as are all my 5 kids, as was their Father. Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles too.

I find it's a total disrespect to one's property. I'm sure if you met any of these people you wouldn't have a clue they lived in such nastiness as what's on the outside usually appears quite normal.

When I was in retail and the mall was swammed with shoppers, I would say, why aren't they home wallpapering or painting? Or just cleaning or doing the yard! My surroundings *are* definitely a reflection of who I am. I hope these are not. ;o)

Patty, sometimes I wish GW had a 'Like' button for posts like yours.

Roarah-- craaaazy, no?? Cleaning is FREE.

Allison, whoops! Hope you feel better!!! :)

Lyfia, I think it said it is taken by one of the men who works on the TV show, Hoarders!

Here is another pic:

Fori, I like it too!

Patty, I am guessing some of these people "show" it on the outside, too. Some of it is just bad taste (IMO), some of it is maybe due to mental illness (which true hoarding is), and some of it probably because of ??? I love this line: " I would say, why aren't they home wallpapering or painting? Or just cleaning or doing the yard!"

Here is a link that might be useful: Hoarders

Anele, yeah, I always said it with a bit of my usual wit thrown in, and my co-workers thought it was funny. But they knew I meant it too. With all the time(and possibly money)they wasted at the mall, many could have been at home cleaning or decorating.

I'm going to guess that children who needed to use the bathroom in photo 1 developed GI issues due the fact that they "held it in" and never went into that room.

Definitely the first pic is very obviously photoshopped, the scalloped edge of the black is where someone crudely selected the image from a dark background.

Pattycakes, I don't think this kind of thing is any more common, it's just that it is more widely seen due to TV shows and the internet, pic sharing. I remember visiting some pretty scary homes when i was a kid. Some of these people are actually mentally ill, while others (whose homes may be "ugly" or crowded but not unhealthy) just don't see things the way that others do.

tinan - A scalloped felt backing on an animal skin rug is actually pretty common. I'm not a fan of taxidermy; I've just seen it on a fair number of zebra rugs.